Football News 2023-2024 Season
This thread is for general football news and discussions, stuff that can’t fit in other topics posted.
Share & Follow breaking news of your favorite League, Club and Players.
This thread is for general football news and discussions, stuff that can’t fit in other topics posted.
Share & Follow breaking news of your favorite League, Club and Players.
The last 5 World Cup Golden Ball winners were all number 10s.
2006 — Zinedine Zidane
2010 — Diego Forlan
2014 — Lionel Messi
2018 — Luka Modric
2022 — Lionel Messi
Special Number!
Inter Miami vs. Philadelphia Union in the Leagues Cup Semifinals will be the most expensive ticket in Union history with an average price of $556
Not one player from the legendary BBC and MSN trios will be playing in Europe this season
End of an era
PSG were knocked out of the Champions League in the Round of 16 in both seasons of the Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar era.
Never quite worked out
Cristiano Ronaldo
Leo Messi
Neymar Jr
All three of the biggest stars on the planet are now playing football outside of Europe.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi: “It is inevitably difficult to say goodbye to a legend of the Club and that’s what Neymar will be forever."
(Source: @PSG_Inside)
FIFA Best XI of the year 2017.
-Sergio Ramos and Bonucci are without a team.
Only two remain in Europe: Luka Modric and Toni Kroos
Europe has lost almost all its best elite footballers of the last decade. So sad to see
Give about couple of years, they will all return to Europe and Ronaldo will lead the way.
OR
The star players who are approaching retirement will hang their boots and the league will be back to square one.
I think, the Saudi Pro League model is not a sustainable model.
Thierry Henry will become the new France under-21 head coach after he was chosen by the French Football Federation (FFF), sources have told ESPN.
In 2009, Lionel Messi won his first UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award
Nearly 15 years later, he’s one of three nominees for the 2022-23 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award.
Longevity
(via UEFA Champions League)
𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧 is the only player in history to win the Pichichi award twice without playing for either Barcelona or Real Madrid!
LaLiga top scorer in 2005 with Villareal
LaLiga top scorer in 2009 with Atletico Madrid
Imagine winning the European Golden Boot playing for Villarreal and competing with:
— Henry
— Eto’o
— Ronaldo Raul
— Shevchenko Crespo
— Ibrahimovic Del Piero
— Nistelrooy Ronaldo Rooney
— Totti
— Drogba
— Adriano
𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅!
A reminder that Theo Walcott has scored more Champions League goals than:
Ronaldo
David Villa
Zinedine Zidane
Carlos Tevez
Michael Owen
The three most decisive saves in football history:
2022: Emiliano Martinez Randal Kolo Muani
2010: Iker Casillas Arjen Robben
2005: Jerzy Dudek Andriy Shevchenko